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MSI upgrades its Stealth gaming laptop and more with new chips and AI features

The new Stealth, Raider, and Cyborg are here for CES 2024.

I’ve personally been hoping for years to see the terribly limiting 16:9 aspect ratio abandoned in gaming laptops, and MSI’s new offerings pack more screen real estate into the same chassis thanks to the switch. The Stealth 18 AI Studio A1V (oof, what a name) is a $3,299 laptop configurable with an 18-inch 4K Mini LED display, up to Intel’s Core Ultra 9 processor and Nvidia’s RTX 4090, and a large haptic-based trackpad — all weighing in at 6.39 pounds / 2.9kg. The $2,499 Raider 18 HX A14V (which I only saw at my briefing as a nonfunctioning mock-up) is the look-at-me RGB option of the bunch, continuing its reputation of having a wide strip of colorful lighting across its front deck.

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